Training Summary: 1/5/2015-1/11/2015

The weather this week has been rough! Multiple days the temperature was in the single digits and on Thursday the wind chill brought the real feel down to something like -20*! Of course this crazy weather coincided with the highest mileage week in a long time, but luckily I was able to get all of my scheduled runs in, even if both workouts were done on the treadmill and I had to wear approximately 5000 layers for my long run {not to mention my dad’s skiing mittens}!

I CANNOT believe that just one year ago Paige and I were running our long run ON THE BEACH in shorts and tank tops! What was I thinking moving us to New England?? haha

At least getting through a winter of marathon training will be great for my mental toughness! (that’s what I’m telling myself anyways 😉 )

Enough about the weather… here’s what my training looked like this week!

Training Summary: 1/5/2015-1/11/2015

Monday – AM: 8 miles with training partner @ 7:25 pace + 20 mins core

Tuesday – AM: 11.07 mile workout on the treadmill (2 mile warm-up, 12x 600m with 1:30 jogging rest [paces @ 5:49, 5:42, 5:46, 5:46, 5:39, 5:39, 5:39, 5:39, 5:36, 5:36, 5:33, 5:30], 2 mile cool-down) 6:52 average pace + 30 mins strength work

Wednesday – 8.29 miles with training partner @ 7:27 pace

Thursday – AM: 9 easy miles on the treadmill @ 7:28 pace + 15 mins core PM: 1 hour yoga class

Friday – AM: 9 mile workout on the treadmill (2 mile warm-up, 5 mile wave tempo [alternating each 1/2 mile between 6:18 pace and 5:43 pace] 6:01 pace, 2 mile cool-down) 6:45 average pace + 15 minutes core PM: 45 minutes full body workout

Saturday – AM: 14 mile long run-tempo w/ my new running buddy on the Boston Marathon course (3 miles easy, 8 miles up-tempo @ 6:21 average pace, 3 miles easy) 6:43 overall pace PM: 45 minute full-body workout at the gym with Henri

Sunday – 17 miles with training partner @ 7:18 pace 

Total Mileage: 68.41   Average Weekly Pace: 7:13   Total 2015 miles: 97.44